The last decade has seen an explosion in the development of photochemistry, transforming it from a subdiscipline of physical chemistry to a truly multidisciplinary endeavour that has applications in fields ranging from biology and bioanalytical chemistry to materials science and energy research.

As part of the continuing development of the ChemPubSoc Europe family of journals, which includes, among others, Chemistry - A European Journal, ChemPhysChem, ChemElectroChem, ChemSusChem, ChemCatChem, and ChemistryOpen, with Angewandte Chemie as sister journal and the online magazine ChemistryViews, we are happy to announce the newest member: ChemPhotoChem. The journal will be co-owned by sixteen European chemical societies, and will be published by Wiley-VCH, the long-time publishing partner of the German Chemical Society (the relationship goes back to 1921) and the Chemical Publishing Society Europe (ChemPubSoc Europe), an association founded in the late 1990s.